Naked cakes

Naked cakes became popular in 2016, and they're likely
to stay that way in 2017. Brides and grooms love them because "you can
show off the inside fillings and layers" to guests, wedding planner Amy
Katz said.

Illusion cakes

With just a thin layer of frosting, you can still see inside the cake, but it looks more put-together.

Illusion cakes are essentially naked cakes, with a
touch of frosting. Wedding planner Amy Shey Jacobs of NYC-based
Chandelier Events told INSIDER that it will become more popular to have a
cake that's "not quite naked" and "not quite fully frosted, but
somewhere in between."
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Fun flavors

This Momofuku Milk Bar cake mixes up flavors with chocolate cake layers stacked between birthday cake layers."It used to just be what they looked like [that
mattered] but the taste of a cake is super, super important," Jacobs
said, adding that many people are choosing flavors that their guests
will really enjoy, like birthday cake and Funfetti.
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Natural flavors

Natural flavors are becoming more important to couples.While everyone loves Funfetti, couples are becoming
more conscious of what's actually going into their wedding cake. The
trend for local and organic produce is "starting to carry over into
cakes," celebrity wedding planner Andrea Freeman said. Expect to see
lots of organic jam for fillings and fresh fruit as a cake topper.

Metallics

Another trend that's seeped over from the fashion
world, metallic frosting is becoming more common — especially if the
bride is wearing metallics herself. Wedding cakes are "really meant to
take a cue from the bride's wedding gown," Jacobs said. Some brides, for
example, have the same lace pattern on their dress reflected in the
laser-cut fondant of their cake.
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Monochromatic

This cake packs three trends into one: monochrome, metallics, and flower toppers.

Black-and-white is a fail-safe color scheme in fashion,
and now in wedding cakes, according to Katz. The planner said
monochromatic along with metallic design will be an especially hot trend
this year.

Edible toppers

Long gone are the days of plastic cake toppers. Couples
are increasingly opting for edible cake toppers, according to Freeman.
"Edible cake toppers like edible flowers are more in keeping with a
simple cake," she said. Often, real flowers are used.
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Classic tiered cake

"A white wedding cake is always in and does not go out of style," Freeman said."There's definitely been a return to the classic tiered
cake," Jacobs said, adding that it's "maybe done in different ways." So
while they aren't often covered in white frosting, tiered cakes are
still the preferred format for weddings — even if couples are becoming
more creative with the design.